Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #100

The Word of God

John 1

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 1) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (v. 14) "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

My Thoughts

Jesus is the Word of God. The first eighteen verses of John 1 talk about the Word of God. They do not mention Jesus' name, but we know that Jesus is who is talked about. We know this because the Word became flesh and these verses talk about the Word of God as if it is a person or a being. And it is.

If Jesus is the Word of God, what then, is the Bible? Is the Bible still the Word of God? I believe that, in calling the Bible the Word of God, we are correct. Some people do not think so. The words in the Bible are not spoken or even written by God Himself, no, but the Bible is inspired by God. What is in the Bible was put there by God, but used those who were willing to write its words. God made sure that what went into the Bible was what He wanted and that all of it was there, He just didn't write it Himself.

Just because God didn't write the words of the Bible Himself, doesn't meant that it didn't still come from Him. After all, what does 'word' mean? A word is a meaningful grouping of letters that are used to communicate. The Bible is full of those. Jesus is the Bible personified. That is what I believe.

I said in an earlier post that God talks to us in many different ways. Well, one of those ways is through the Bible. The biggest way, which is now in the Bible coincidentally, was through Jesus. No, it is not even close to the same as it would have been to actually see and hear and touch Jesus as it is for us to read about Him, but Jesus shows Himself in many different ways as well.

Jesus is not here with us in the same way that He was then, so how else can God communicate with us through His Word? The Bible. Even the pastors at church preach from the Bible its teachings. God still talks directly to us sometimes, not always. That's why we have the Bible.

So what does the Word of God mean to you? Do you believe that the the Word of God is only Jesus, or do you believe that the Word of God is Jesus and the Bible? Also, why do you believe one or the other? 

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!